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Use of English — UNILORIN Post UTME Quiz

Are you ready to take on the UNILORIN Post UTME Screening? Challenge yourself and assess your knowledge with this Use of English UNILORIN Post UTME Quiz.

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January 25, 2023

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As a potential student at the University of Ilorin, one of the most competitive universities in Nigeria, it is important to understand the requirements and challenges of the admission process.

As you already know, the Use of English is one of the four subjects set for UNILORIN Post UTME Screening every year. These are random questions from the official UNILORIN Post UTME Past Questions and Answers.

The aim of this quiz is to test and challenge your knowledge. Additionally, this quiz will help you revise and practice for the forthcoming 2022/2023 UNILORIN Post UTME Online Screening, which qualifies you for admission into the university.

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You will be randomly asked 50 standard UNILORIN Post UTME Questions (Use of English). You are to answer every question within 30 minutes. Are you ready? Click the START button below to begin. Good Luck!!!

NOTE: You can retake this quiz as many times as necessary until you achieve a 100% score.

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50 Questions in 30 Minutes

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Use of English Quiz

Once you click the START button, you will be presented with 50 Use of English questions from UNILORIN Post UTME Online Screening. You are to attempt every question within 30 minutes. Note that questions are randomly generated each time you attempt the quiz so feel free to retake the quiz as many times as possible to get new questions.

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1. Select the word that has the same pattern of stress as the given word

HONOUR

a) hotel

b) Human

c) Humane

d) hyena

2 / 50

2. The fire destroyed MANY lives.

a) Did the fire destroy any lives?

b) Did the fire destroy some houses?

c) Did the fire spare any lives?

d) Did the fire destroy the village?

3 / 50

3. Battering involves..............one’s wife

a) carrying

b) caring

c) kissing

d) beating

4 / 50

4. Select the word that has the same pattern of stress as the given word

EDUCATION

a) elaborate

b) conjectural

c) Duplicity

d) Economics

5 / 50

5. “I challenge the public to put teeth into the law” means..................

a) to activate the law

b) to review the law

c) to council the law

d) to reject the law

6 / 50

6. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

The speaker took his audience down memory lane before he went to the topic of his lecture.

a) Told a tale about a place called Memory Lane

b) recalled events from the past

c) gave an outline of his lecture

d) Took his audience on a journey through a street called Memory Lane

7 / 50

7. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

The suit's popularity is beginning to decline

a) Change

b) disappear

c) Slide

d) wane

8 / 50

8. Choose the word that does not have the same vowel sound as the others.

a) lease

b) Deep

c) Meet

d) lace

9 / 50

9. Be careful! We are approaching the crossroads.

a) watch out

b) Look out

c) look in

d) Look up

10 / 50

10. NEAREST IN MEANING

Once I have finished all my homework, I am permitted to watch television.

a) Television comes first then homework second

b) I can watch television at any time.

c) I can only finish my homework after permission to watch television

d) I can only watch television after doing my homework.

11 / 50

11. A group of letters that is added to the beginning of a word in order to change its meaning e.g. ‘’un’’, ‘’anti’’, is ………………?

a) Prefix

b) Suffix

c) Antonym

d) Pronouns

12 / 50

12. They waited in a state of feverish anxiety...... their mother to come home.

a) to

b) till

c) until

d) for

13 / 50

13. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

The boy was told that the lie would need several more pints of blood to survive.

a) Many

b) much

c) Plenty

d) some

14 / 50

14. Ocean is to Pond as Deep is to

a) lake

b) shallow

c) sea

d) well

15 / 50

15. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

The culprits will surrender their loot to the customs officials.

a) Give away

b) Give in

c) give ou

d) give up.

16 / 50

16. Choose a word opposite in meaning: LIBERTY

a) captivity

b) guilty

c) freedom

d) stadium

17 / 50

17. NEAREST IN MEANING

Can you give a good explanation for your behaviour?

a) call for

b) Clear up

c) Account for

d) give up

18 / 50

18. Which of the following is the odd one out?

a) lawyers

b) labourers

c) architects

d) teachers

19 / 50

19. Choose a word opposite in meaning: DISSENT

a) indissent

b) dissent

c) assent

d) undissent

20 / 50

20. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence

The events of last Friday show that there is no love lost between the Principal and the Vice Principal.

a) They like each other

b) They cannot part company

c) They dislike each other

d) They work independently.

21 / 50

21. NEAREST IN MEANING

Our town is so small that we are always meeting our schoolmates accidentally.

a) running into

b) knocking up

c) falling into

d) Coining across

22 / 50

22. Choose a word opposite in meaning: SPENDTHRIFT

a) miser

b) loan

c) foolish

d) happy

23 / 50

23. Which of the following is wrong?

a) Boat sink

b) Ship wreck

c) Car accident

d) Plane crash

24 / 50

24. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

Rich citizens are often niggardly in their ways

a) Miserly

b) pompous

c) Beggarly

d) sordid

25 / 50

25. Choose a word which has the same or nearly the same meaning: ASTONISH

a) sensible

b) asunder

c) surprise

d) attack

26 / 50

26. The brevity of the first message contracts with the…….of the second message

a) integrity

b) moral

c) verbosity

d) shortness

27 / 50

27. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

In spite of her grim situation, the young widow smiled dutifully at the visitor's pleasantries

a) Unkind comments

b) condolence messages

c) jocular remarks

d) sad stories

28 / 50

28. Stint is the opposite of

a) Prolix

b) Surfeit

c) Splint

d) Meticulous

29 / 50

29. Nearest in meaning

The party's gathering was thrown into a state of euphoria after the election result was announced

a) Sadness

b) Pleasure

c) confusion

d) excitement

30 / 50

30. Nearest in meaning

My father was at the apogee of his career when he was retired

a) redundant stage

b) highest point

c) Terminal point

d) least productive stage

31 / 50

31. Choose a word opposite in meaning: PROFANE

a) beautiful

b) stiff

c) sacred

d) profuse

32 / 50

32. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

The man was able to persuade his wilful and obstinate daughter to follow the career he chose for her.

a) unyielding and obdurate

b) hardworking and intelligent

c) Intelligent but arrogant

d) obscure and odious.

33 / 50

33. NEAREST IN MEANING

He went through the fire before he qualified as a doctor

a) made a lot of fire

b) required a lot of fire

c) suffered a lot

d) Had a fire acciden

34 / 50

34. From the alternatives provided in the questions below, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence.

Mrs. Okoro….. in this school since 1975

a) is teaching

b) Taught

c) teaches

d) was teaching

35 / 50

35. Humility is a virtue while ................ can be regarded as a vice

a) position

b) pride

c) proud

d) curiosity

36 / 50

36. Choose the word that has the same
consonant sound(s) as the one
presented by the letter(s)
underlined

Time

a) depot

b) Debut

c) weathe

d) Water

37 / 50

37. Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided

The Governor rejected the bill and withheld his….....

a) Assent

b) accent

c) Access

d) ascent

38 / 50

38. Wise is to Foolish as Vein is to

a) proud

b) conceit

c) modest

d) pretty

39 / 50

39. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

Olu promised to look out for her next time he is in town

a) Greet

b) Watch for

c) visit

d) take care of

40 / 50

40. Fill each gap with the most
appropriate option from the list
provide

We are all hungry; we... anything to eat since, morning.

a) hadn't had

b) haven't had

c) Never had

d) Didn’t have

41 / 50

41. The teacher took me for one of those students who could spell such words as

a) ‘Miscelaneous and meintainance’

b) ‘Miscellanous and maintainance’

c) ‘Miscellaneous and maintenance’

d) ‘Miscelanous and maintainance’

42 / 50

42. Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

Leopard

a) Leaven

b) led (Noun)

c) Geology

d) people

43 / 50

43. He got the job and suddenly became swollen headed means …..…?

a) The job made him a big man

b) The job made him become proud

c) The job made him wealthy

d) The job is full of hazards

44 / 50

44. She was the first woman to stand ..........election to parliament.

a) for

b) through

c) by

d) to

45 / 50

45. From the alternatives provided in the questions below, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence.

I meant... a pencil but there was no one... them

a) to buy/selling

b) buying/selling

c) to buy/to sell

d) buying/to sell

46 / 50

46. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

The discussion became animated.

a) Specialized

b) unruly

c) Intellectual

d) lively

47 / 50

47. Choose a word which has the same or nearly the same meaning: FEEBLE

a) little

b) Strong

c) Weak

d) tired

48 / 50

48. Her younger sister likes conservative hair style but her cousin prefers………..hairstyle

a) modest

b) magnanimous

c) modern

d) new

49 / 50

49. “My Heart Jumped into my mouth” What is the meaning of the above statement?

a) to be afraid

b) To be confused

c) to be hungry

d) to be discouraged

50 / 50

50. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

The essay topic is nebulous.

a) incorrect

b) Vague

c) distinct

d) Clear

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